Scott Derrickson's previous film, the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, didn't live up to the promise he showed with The Exorcism of Emily Rose, an effec...
Many a Whit Stillman character has pondered if people really change. In Barcelona it’s argued that you can’t change, but you can change your context. Somebody U...
After making a splash with his directorial debut, V for Vendetta, James McTeigue's follow-up Ninja Assassin left much to be desired. With his third feature, Th...
A running theme in SXSW is urbanites returning to the land. Either that or as sometimes happens when you’re seeing 3-6 screenings a day, unconscious themes neve...
After Jacob Wysocki's shining performance in the title role of Terri, Azazel Jacobs’ story of an overweight loner’s unlikely friendship with his principal, he i...
Silent House is the kind of movie that will likely divide views along a pretty solid line. However, whereas many films would divide people along the lines of "l...
I'd be remiss if I didn't explain the two most pressing points about Salmon Fishing in the Yemen right up front. Yes, they do get salmon in the Yemen, and of co...
Joseph Cedar's Footnote, winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and one of four runners-up to Asghar Farhadi's A Separation for th...
There is a whole lot going on in filmmaker Andrew Stanton's live-action feature debut John Carter, a very big budget adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' tale A ...
Screenwriters Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill made the right move when they decided their 21 Jump Street would be a continuation of the original television series...